Most of us who've tried CrunchBang Statler think it's awesome. But being in alpha, of course there are issues, and suggestions to be made.

This is a rough attempt to list some of the issues, from a newbie user's perspective:

Installer:

some warnings about drivers are given that aren't needed (artefacts of the Debian install).

partition setup isn't as clear as some Linux installers, esp if you existing partitions. Even in 2008 (or maybe 2009, at the latest) the Mandriva installer recognized existing partitions, showed them clearly with mount points, and gave a “keep existing partitions” option

suggestion: Look for a Debian-based distro with a nice installer. MEPIS?

Other

XFCE menu is called by super+alt, not super+space as written on desktop (conky display)